nighttime giggles

she could hear the giggles

coming from the dark room

knowing full well they

would not fall asleep so fast

it brought back forgotten

memories when she and her

sibling would giggle under

the night stars not so long

ago when time stood still

- Written for dVerse Quadrille #27 in which we are tasked to write a quadrille poem containing the word "giggle".  Come join in on the fun.

I will be a lady

I will be a lady

and you will betray me

in the end

because you are still

looking for clandestine stars

and the rush from lustful

fantasies that I cannot fulfill

I will be a lady

even after you are gone

I will sit at my table

sipping tea while you

chase after the sun that

was never meant for you

I will be a lady

even after you shatter

my heart like a vase

and I will piece it back

together eventually

One February Night

I was a cold February night in the city.  The sun had set and the stars were coming out to illuminate the piled up snow.  Yet on this night, in a second floor bedroom of an old row house, you and I spent some quality time.  I sat by your beside as we chatted about various things – life, weather, God and regrets.  You even hinted at your past drug use, which I knew about, but allowed you to tell it in your own words.  Holding your pale hand, I took in this quiet moment, for we both knew that time was not on our side.  I could have been somewhere else having fun or at home watching mindless TV.  Instead I was here with you.  Despite the years we spent apart, all the missed birthdays and holidays, there was no gift as valuable as this night spent with you.  For one April spring day, you took your last breath and I was left with only memories.

under winter skiers

twinkling stars whisper secrets

to a humble moon

- Written for dVerse Haibun Monday - The Best Things in Life Are Free, where we are asked to write a haibun poem something free or priceless we have experienced.  I'm not sure why but I wrote about a night where I spent some time with my uncle, who had terminal cancer.  It was the only time we spent totally alone without anyone else around before his demise two months later.  

in colors

brown

was the color my first love’s eyes

smooth like milk chocolate

kisses sweeter than golden honey

red

was the color of my swollen lips

after kissing you under pale

white stars and a full silver moon

blue

was the shade of your shirt

when you took me in your arms

as I cried out my crystal tears

black

is now the hue of my heart

since you left me in the gray mist

to fade into a haunting ghost

ghosts

I thought I had buried

my past deep in a grave

but sometimes at night

those ghosts appear

outside my window looking

in with ghastly faces

every time I try to break

free towards the light

my past pulls me back

into the dark

Photo by Tertia Van Rensburg

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- Written for dVerse Quadrille #26 in which we are asked to write a 44 word poem that includes the word "ghost".  

looking

I’m looking for someone

to stop me dead in my tracks

make me look twice, thrice

or maybe even four times

become a fantasy in my eyes

open doorways in my mind

ignite a fire inside my veins

blow my mind a thousand ways

I’m looking for someone –

perhaps that person is you

please say you’re still out there

and looking for me too

- Written for dVerse Open Link Night #189

kamikaze

he came

like a kamikaze

into my view

everything else

became a blur

shaken, I tried

to keep my head

above the waves

but your whiskey

smile got to me

every time

- Written for dVerse Poetics: Muse Mixology.

under twilight

San Diego.  Photo by Robert Lamb

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under a twilight sky

she someone lost her way

and became entangled in 

a mysterious web

she held onto her heart

as the rest of herself lost

all of its purity and turn

to midnight black

she wanted to save herself

when she met his eyes

she wanted to believe there

was still good inside her

but it was too late for her

under that twilight sky

darkness took over and

turned her heart to stone

hello blues

hello blues

you came back

to see me?

ready to play

another melody?

are you here

to collect sighs

and tears for

your tip jar?

how about you

and I just sit

by this piano

and write sad

love songs until

our dying days

"Piano Keys" by Vera Kratochvil

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